There is no news today

I am not a good reader anyways....  

If they can't give them decent wages , then at least give them Kingsmill ..

Usual story about badly treated manual workers - sadly nothing changes in Qatar

just nothing ;)

so much was there in GT and our dear friend TB was busy looking the ads column only.....:(

 Wages of unskilled workers ‘inadequate’ A study published by Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) on “The conditions of the unskilled labourers in the construction sector” has revealed that their wages and living conditions are far from being fair and adequate.  NHRC seeks sponsorship rule changesDOHA: Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has called on the authorities to amend the sponsorship rules saying they impede the implementation of certain key provisions of the labor law. It has also cited repatriation of foreign workers by their employers without any justification and summary termination of job contracts of some as being against the spirit of the labor law.The study-cum-survey of the rights body reveals that a vast majority (48.7 percent) of those interviewed said that workers run away due to low salaries.While another 47.7 percent of the surveyed said that joblessness was the main cause of their escape from their sponsors.  

NATO helicopter dropped in Afghanistan, killing 38 special forces personnel including 31 US soldiers on board.

timebandit, you are welcome.Not news from GT...but good news never the less. :)

Emergency talks called to calm global financial crises

World leaders fear more turmoil when markets reopen on Monday

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As it happened: Stock market turmoil

What it means for you

Factors behind the market sell-off

Charting Europe's economic woes

Finance chiefs from major powers are to hold emergency talks by telephone to discuss ways to contain the latest turmoil on world financial markets, reports say.

Twin debt crises in the eurozone and the US have caused sharp falls.

Analysts say world leaders want to calm international markets ahead of exchanges reopening on Monday morning.

The rating agency Standard & Poor's on Friday downgraded America's top-notch AAA rating to AA+.

Markets have also been rocked by suggestions that the debt crisis in the eurozone could spread to Italy and Spain.

Sources in Rome quoted by AFP news agency said finance ministers of the G7 nations - the US, Germany, the UK, Japan, France, Canada, and Italy - would hold a telephone conference call to discuss the situation.

Japanese government officials told Reuters it would be "normal to assume" G7 finance chiefs would hold a phone conference before Asian markets open on Monday.

Israelis stage mass protests over rising living costs

At least 200,000 people marched in Tel Aviv

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Israel announces housing reforms

Strike shuts main Israeli airport

At least a quarter of a million Israelis have staged marches over the rising cost of living.

The largest protest was in Tel Aviv where police said at least 200,000 people were on the streets, while another 30,000 marched in Jerusalem.

In one of biggest waves of protests in decades in Israel, demonstrators are demanding government action to reduce the cost of housing and food.

Thanks NM, Lulu here I come ;)

RUN TB to Lulu, make sure u go in the chopper coz u wont bloody get a parking there....:(

Timebandit, I saw Kingsmill at Lulu today.

whats that??

This thread is far more fun than reading the paper....it made me smile!!!!!!!!

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Ok, ok, ok.... I will go and read the damn thing again, and I unreservedly withdraw my statement that there was no news in the GT today.

I was just reading the GT and there was a story about four former soldiers from an elite army unit being sentenced to more than 6,000 years in prison ...

I only read the GT Khanan.

and what about this one??

http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/161336-bahrain-denies-entry-for-aljazeera-staff-report.html

hot topic and a very sensitive one.

Blimey.... am I getting my butt kicked today or what? I shall do a better job of reading the GT in future.

i know tat TB and i feel so sorry for tat...:(Why not lets put your moaning thing in tomorrows headline in GT ? :)in tat way, u might get ur bread and some new news too ? :)

If you felt that the downgrading of the credit rating of US from AAA to AA+ is not an important news and has no impact to the global financial markets then you are terribly mistaken my friend. Even during the global economic crisis in 2008, they maintained their AAA rating when there was major economic downturn. Now it is more serious and all the studies converge to the possibility of another major economic downturn starting from US to the entire world.So chances are there may be increase in interest rates for existing loans, less availability of loans, more losss of jobs especially in these parts of the world, less investments etc. Even if people have money they will not invest and so this leads to lack of economic activity. 

The only thing to moan about Kingsmill bread, is that I can't get it at the moment :(

if no news today, then why not lets start moaning about "Kingsmill Bread" ? :)

Anyone else do a better job of reading GT than me?

There are many many stories of interest..

15 Racing Camels worth Millions have died in Shahaniya. Doha zoo workers have been pilfering animal feed and selling outside and  Eighty percent of Filipino workers in Qatar do not save for a rainy day, said Labour Attache Ricardo Sodusta.

Ofcourse there is a whole wide world out there and plenty of news there .. :O)

Well done LP, I missed that one.

What about this?http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=451252&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16 Oh yeah, no NEWS. We already know it and got used to it!